Comments | moderately_mad: Later that same day.

moderately_mad

Later that same day.

Nov 20, 2006 20:08

You know, you are all too kind to me.

(1) I've posted a couple of times in the last couple of weeks
(2) what I'm posting isn't particularly interesting or relevant to anyone but me AND(3) I've been neglectful of my flist commenting ( Read more... )

Comments 7

pinkroo November 21 2006, 03:12:48 UTC

sweet stories!

moderately_mad November 22 2006, 16:46:50 UTC

:)

Yeah. Sometimes I just have to broaden my perspective a little.

poets_hand November 21 2006, 04:15:05 UTC

That's one of your biggest blessings in your life--one that you've personally created--a loving, healthy, caring family. You can't buy that.

You can't do much better than pretty feet and pretty groceries, can you! :p

moderately_mad November 22 2006, 16:54:17 UTC

They both make me ridiculously happy. Having a nice manicure is even better but it only lasts one or two days because of all the dishes, cleaning & gardening. Still, when I'm typing or knitting, it's almost worth it to see my hands with shiny, colorful nails.

That's given me an idea for a post. Maybe I'll come back and write it up if I have time later today. I was thinking that, if I were very comfortably wealthy, I would want to have frequent manicures. I'd also want to have access to an exceptional professional driver and a good hairdresser. To hell with jewels and designer clothes, give me service people that I could spoil in return for spoiling me ;)

Ooh. And a massuese, a mechanic, a jack-of-all-trades ...

wren08 November 21 2006, 04:24:06 UTC

More importantly, your feet and your gorceries are healthy!

moderately_mad November 22 2006, 17:01:32 UTC

Once again you've nailed it. It's not always easy to explain "why" such little things are important in the greater scheme of things. When I went to pay for those "pretty groceries" I was taken aback by the total bill. All I could think of at the time was that it was awfully self-indulgent.

When I got home I realized just how puritanical my own ideas can be. I had to remind myself that Americans have access to artificially inexpensive food and that Europeans pay a much more significant percentage of their net income to feed themselves.

wren08 November 25 2006, 14:56:44 UTC

Here's a thought for you.

Look around you. There was a time in history when owning one book made you a wealthy person. How many books are laying around your house? How about sewing impliments? A needle... one metal needle... was so precious that women wore them in needle cases as jewelry. Mostly so they would never loose track of it. Compared to much of history, we have a lifestyle that was only available to royalty!

It's all in how you look at it.